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In South Sudan, hopes for an end to the conflict between the warring parties have already turned into despair. And now a group of victims of violence have taken action to raise awareness of their sufferings among political leaders. The goal is to force of

South Africa's Western Cape Province is determined to fight hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. The government has partnered with big business and invested more than a million dollars this past year to improve food security.

Fighting in South Sudan over the last two years has prevented farmers from planting crops, leaving over 2 million people hungry and millions of others displaced. Market prices for staples like sorghum have doubled and agencies say the situation is likely

In many villages in Southern Zimbabwe, farmers have lost cattle and crops in the severest drought that has hit the country since 1998. Midway through the farming season, the fields around the village are normally green at this time of the year but now the

Zimbabwe has received $200m from the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to import much needed grain as the southern African nation grapples with food shortages following a prolonged drought. “We have arranged a facility of $200 million from Afreximb

Zimbabwe will begin feeding school children one meal a day as an El Nino induced drought continues to bite. The country is experiencing the worst food shortage and malnutrition crisis in more than 15 years.

Severe drought exacerbated by El Nino conditions has hit parts of Somalia's Puntland and Somaliland, affecting hundreds of thousands of people. The drought compounds an already challenging humanitarian situation in the area and has brought the estimated n

Up to 4 million Zimbabweans face hunger following poor harvests and a harsh El Nino induced drought. The government has been forced to declare a state of national disaster and has appealed for 1.6 billion U.S. dollars in food aid. An area called Mwenezi i

Millions of people are battling with food shortages amid the worst drought to hit the Southern African region in decades. Rains have failed for a second season. And the United Nations estimates at least 4.5 million Zimbabweans will need food aid by March

The United Nations has expressed deep concern about the humanitarian crisis that Nigeria is currently facing. The United Nations Refugee Agency says the county's economic slowdown, compounded by Boko Haram attacks, could mean 5.5 million people are in nee

The Ndebele family has been waiting to hear from their main breadwinner for months; but nothing has been heard. The family is one of the many families living in Bulilima districts in the Matebeleland south province affected by a severe drought. Hundreds o

The world only has three months to save millions of people in Yemen and Somalia from starvation. That's the dire warning from the International Committee of the Red Cross. The agency says it needs 3-hundred-million US dollars to help the hungry in those t

Hundreds of Somalis continue to flee their home in search of food and water as the drought in the country worsens. Many has been arriving at the Al-Adala camp for displaced people in capital Mogadishu. The camp is home to over 1 thousand displaced familie

North-eastern Nigeria is also experiencing famine-like conditions. That is the term used by the World Food Programme. The organisation says it's fast running out of aid. CGTN's Leslie Mirungu reports. Subscribe to us on YouTube: http://ow.ly/Zvqj30aIsgY F